The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a date in the World Series against the New York Yankees on Sunday, and ticket prices are already soaring.
With fans hoping to catch a glimpse of a championship matchup 43 years in the making, tickets for Game 1 on the second-hand market were unavailable for less than $1,000.
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Second-hand retailer SeatGeek listed the cheapest ticket for Game 1 of the World Series on Friday at Dodger Stadium at $1,085 within an hour of the Dodgers’ clinching victory over the New York Mets. For Game 2 on Saturday, tickets on SeatGeek began at $1,211.
The series will shift back to New York for Game 3 on Oct. 28 at Yankee Stadium. SeatGeek is listing the cheapest tickets at $1,095; for Game 4 on Oct. 29, the cheapest ticket is $1,000.
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If the series goes to Game 5, it will be at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 30. The lowest-cost ticket for that game is $1,050. The series will then shift back to Los Angeles for Games 6 and 7 if necessary.
The lowest cost for those tickets: $1,259 for Game 6 on Nov. 1, and $1,358 for Game 7 on Nov. 2.
Fans who took to social media Sunday night to share their reactions were predictably shocked by what they saw.
Checked ticket prices for Yankees World Series Game 1. Pinstripe Pass $1000 each? That’s ridiculous. Hardly any REAL fans are going to be able to go. pic.twitter.com/48odbESr1N
— – Aaron – (@AboveAverageA) October 21, 2024
The so-called nosebleed seats were not the only expensive tickets in town. On Friday, NBC San Diego reported tickets behind home plate at Dodger Stadium were selling for $15,000 to $20,000.
Thursday, the Dodgers put a limited number of World Series tickets on sale on their website starting at $828. Those tickets sold out in 90 minutes, according to Arash Markazi of The Sporting Tribune.
UPDATE: The tickets sold out in less than 90 minutes. The prices increased per game from $828 for Game 1, $834 for Game 2, $909 for Game 6 and $915 for Game 7. If it’s Dodgers vs. Yankees, those tickets will sell on the secondary market for at least double, maybe triple that. https://t.co/8UFxlDBK4O
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) October 17, 2024
Los Angeles will appear in the World Series for the fourth time in the last eight seasons, but not since their championship in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. New York hasn’t been to — or won — a World Series since 2009.
On Sunday, the Dodgers beat the Mets 10-5 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. Afterward, they celebrated a pennant-clinching victory on their home field for the first time since 1988. That year, they also beat the New York Mets en route to a World Series victory over the Oakland A’s.
The Dodgers’ win Sunday coincided with the 36th anniversary of their championship-clinching win over the A’s.
The Dodgers and Yankees have played each other in the World Series on 12 occasions. From 1941-81, the teams met each other 11 times for the championship, but their reigns of success have never lined up since.
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